Review the Virtual Clinical Evaluation Tool for identification of the competencies associated with contemporary nursing practice. Address each of the following in your reflection: Provide a self-evaluation of your ability to provide nursing care in accordance with competencies in contemporary nursing practice. Share your personal responsibility and accountability for nursing interventions, treatment outcomes, and the changes that occur during the provision of care. Discuss how your learning in this course has helped your professional growth development. Describe how you anticipate using the competencies from this course in your future clinical practice. The paper must be in APA format including at least 3 professional resources dated within the last 5 years. The paper must be 3 pages in length and no longer than 4 pages.

 Self-evaluation of Providing Nursing Care with Nursing Competencies
Providing nursing care in accordance with competencies really sets the stage for safe,
effective, quality care. There are six core competencies. Informatics has really pushed us in our
development of care outside of the normal hospital setting. I have really come to understand the
importance of informatics. Informatics is defined as “Using information and technology to
communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making” (Batalden, P. 6,
2020) Understanding and being able to smoothly navigate the EHR is crucial in providing timely
care. When I did my first rotation at the hospital, I made it a priority to understand and educate
myself on the EHR and computer systems they use. Being competent with computers has been a
struggle for me but I have come a long way. Telehealth is another part of informatics that has
made huge improvements in nursing. This allows care from a provider without leaving your
house. Leadership and development were not one of my strong competencies initially. I have
really struggled with leadership and delegation but have made it a priority to improve. Entering a
position as an RN you must develop leadership and delegation skills. Delegation is crucial for
timely patient care. With delegation and leadership, we must use our five rights of delegation to
provide the safest patient care. This allows for us to follow up and ensure the task was
completed correctly and safely. We must lead by example and be advocates for our patients. For
example, in the case study with Brandon Johnson, we saw incorrect leadership and delegation.
Interventions should have been made when unsafe nursing practices were being performed. As
leaders, this is our job to provide a safe patient environment. There are many key leadership
behaviors we must possess to be a successful leader, establishing trust and cooperation,
acknowledging good work or success, showing respect, providing a sense of direction, resolving
conflict successfully, fostering cooperation, reinforcing goals, developing staff strength and be